Zdeněk Kalista

Zdeněk Kalista (22 July 1900 – 17 June 1982) was a Czech historian, poet, literary critic, editor and translator.

[1] From 1921 to 1923, Zdeněk Kalista, a student of Josef Pekař, was elected deputy chairman of the Literární skupina ('Literary Group').

Between 1924 and 1939, as well as from 1945 to 1948, he worked at Charles University in Prague, initially as an assistant at the Historical Seminar, and from 1932 as a lecturer.

In 1966, while working as an editor for various publishers and translating books, Zdeněk Kalista was rehabilitated.

He contributed to Masaryk's Dictionary and his historical works sparked a renewed interest in Czech Baroque.